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peer examples, case studies and debates Funds reveal internal processes, ODD reports for different

asset classes and fund structures from 40 Act to SMAs

Manager vs Investor perspectives on regulation, transfer of costs and transparency

Rehypothecation: mitigating risk and monitoring securities

Insider Trading: getting to the bottom of the blurred lines

Untangle Compliance.

redefine operations.

Where C-level Alternative investing operations, due diligence and Compliance Experts meet peer-to-peer

General Electric Blackstone MIT Investment Management Company Goldman Sachs Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company Mesirow Advanced Strategies, Inc. FEG Managed Solutions Halcyon Asset Management LLC Cerberus Capital Management, LP Monarch Alternative Capital LP Magnitude Capital, LLC Barclays Hermes BPK Partners LLP Fund Evaluation Group UBS Global Asset Management Arden Asset Management LLC CDK Investment Management Entrust Capital Management USS Investment Management Ltd Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Perella Weinberg Partners International Asset Management Limited, LLC Unigestion US, Ltd. Tourbillon Capital Partners LP Highline Capital Management, L.L.C. J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Mgt., Inc Hudson Bay Capital Management Tages Capital Sound Fund Advisors Partner Fund Management Venor Capital Management LP HighVista Strategies LLC Emory Investment Mangement JP Morgan Alternative Asset Management Tages Capital Evanston Capital Sachem Head Capital Management LP Roystone Capital Management LP Gibson Dunn States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York Cayman Islands Monetary Authority

Managed Funds Association Aksia Carne Global Financial Services (Cayman) Limited FBI Walkers Citi Grant Thornton LLP Berkeley Research Group, LLC. Gerson Lehrman AIMA Deloitte Maples and Calder Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services UBS Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP INDOS Financial Limited Citi Securities & Fund Services The Hedge Fund Law Report Pepper Hamilton LLP Deloitte Tax & Consulting S.à.r.l UBS Fund Services Northern Trust HedgeServ Ernst & Young LLP Towers Watson Investment Services, Inc Deutsche Bank UBS Securities LLC Prime Brokerage Sales Rothstein Kass ManagementPlus Group QVerity, Inc. Castle Hall Alternatives EisnerAmper ghSMART & Company Ebenstein Consulting Inc Clarity Media Group Kirkland & Ellis LLP National Futures Association Pine Grove Asset Management, LLC Atlantic Investment Management Inc Kawa Capital Management Breton Hill Capital Ltd. Gotham Asset Management, LLC Summit Rock Advisors One William Street Capital Management Highfields Capital Management LP Atalaya Capital Management LP David & Lucile Packard Foundation York Capital Management LP U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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�improve your soft skills so you can strengthen your Hard skills: Expert trainers will provide interactive, personal workshops on negotiation training, media

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�Varied perspectives – investors, managers and information providers:

Discover how managers and investors approach and perceive critical issues differently.

�peer-to-peer exchange and learning: Your peers reveal how they implement and manage operations and compliance frameworks.

alternative investing bellwethers: The most important topics: from harmonization issues to insider trading to specifics on

valuations to investors’ concerns regarding rehyopothecation to the changing global custody landscape to data convergence to AIFMD.

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�ample access to industry experts: Attendees come from leading operations, compliance, general counsels, consultants,

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��diverse and myriad networking events: From speaker hosted lunch tables, to afternoon champagne roundtables to charity night

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Where c-level alternative investing Operations, due diligence and compliance experts meet peer-to-peer

Managers and Allocators 50% Accounting 10% Fund services 17% Legal 8%

Consultants and Advisors 8% IT Solutions 3% Other 4%

C-Level 45.8% VP 13.3% Director 22.4%

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expert speaker faculty

HedGe fund manaGers

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industry experts

current & fOrmer reGulatOrs

•AndrewKandel,Managing Director & Chief Compliance, cerberus capital manaGement, lp

•MichaelMaroof,Managing Principal, Chief Financial Officer, mOnarcH alternatiVe capital lp

•BruceBerger,COO & CFO, atlantic inVestment manaGement inc •ScottSoussa,Senior Managing Director, blackstOne•FelipeLemos,Director of Operations & CCO, kaWa capital manaGement•JohnAloisio,COO & CCO, bretOn Hill capital ltd. •SuzanneMcDermott, CCO, HalcyOn asset manaGement llc•NadyaFrukter,Chief Financial Officer, HudsOn bay capital manaGement•BrianKessler,Chief Financial Officer/Chief Compliance Officer, tOurbillOn

capital partners lp•MichaelKlarman,CFO, HiGHline capital manaGement, llc.

•JenniferMatheny,Risk Manager-Operational Due Diligence, General electric•MariantheMewkill,Chief Financial Officer, mit inVestment manaGement

cOmpany•DavidCormier,Director of Investment Operations, daVid & lucile packard

fOundatiOn•ChristieD'Amour,Senior Director, Investment Administration, emOry inVestment

manaGement•AnthonyL.Festa,CFA Chief Operating Officer, feG manaGed sOlutiOns •JamesNewman,Director, Wealth and Investment Management, barclays •VincentVandenbroucke,Partner & Head of Operational Due Diligence, Hermes

bpk partners llp•JohnWard,Head of Operational Due Diligence, eim manaGement (usa) inc.•MichaelLevin,Associate Director, Operational Due Diligence, paamcO•EricLazear,Head of Operational Risk, fQs capital partners, lp •GregoryM.Dowling,Managing Principal/Director of Hedged Strategies, fund

eValuatiOn GrOup•JoshHall,Partner, Head of Operational Due Diligence Americas, Hermes bpk

partners llp•GregRobbins,COO/Senior Managing Director, mesirOW adVanced

strateGies, inc.•JohnFraser,Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, ubs GlObal asset

manaGement•CraigKrawiec, COO, arden asset manaGement llc•ReenaJashnani-Slusarz,Associate General Counsel and Compliance Officer,

mesirOW •ThomasKennedy,Chief Compliance Officer, arden asset manaGement llc

•JonathanMorgan,Founding Principal, sOund fund adVisOrs•EdwardT.Dartley,Attorney at Law, pepper HamiltOn llp•StuartKaswell,EVP & Managing Director General Counsel, manaGed funds

assOciatiOn•SimonFludgate,Principal Operational Due Diligence, aksia•RoisinCater,Principal, carne GlObal financial serVices (cayman) limited•IngridPierce,Global Managing Partner, Walkers •MikeSleightholme,Global Head of Hedge Fund Services, citi •MichaelPatanella,Partner, US Asset Management Sector Leader, Grant

tHOrntOn llp•LaurenceHerman,General Counsel & Managing Director, GersOn leHrman

GrOup •JiríKról,Deputy CEO, Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs, aima•TomKaylor,U.S. National Portfolio Valuation Services Co-leader, delOitte •DonMuller,Head of Middle Office Services, nOrtHern trust HedGe fund

serVices (ntHfs)•MikeRucci,Head of Fund Services Americas, ubs•BillPrew,CEO, indOs financial limited •DavidMorrison,Head of Fiduciary Services EMEA, citi securities & fund

serVices•MichaelPereira,Publisher, The hedge Fund Law RepoRT

•ReedBrodsky,Partner, GibsOn dunn•SarahCoyne,Chief of the Business and Securities Fraud Section ("BSF"), united

states attOrney's Office fOr tHe eastern district Of neW yOrk•DavidChaves,FBI Supervisory Special Agent/Securities and Commodities Fraud

Program Manager, fbi •H.DavidKotz,Director, Financial Institutions Practice, berkeley researcH

GrOup, llc•ReginaThoele,Sr Vice President, Compliance, natiOnal futures assOciatiOn

•RyanJ.Boucher,Managing Director, Alternative Investments & Manager Selection, GOldman sacHs

•SamShah,Head of Operational Risk Due Diligence, cdk inVestment manaGement

•JoshSchwab,Separate Fund Platform, pacific alternatiVe asset manaGement cOmpany

•HelenWong,Managing Director, entrust capital manaGement•DrDanielSummerfield,Co-Head of Responsible Investment, uss inVestment

manaGement ltd•LanceB.Fraser,Managing Director & Head of Operational Due Diligence, merrill

lyncH WealtH manaGement•AdamCohen,Head of Operational Due Diligence, Agility Unit, perella WeinberG

partners•KshitijShah,Head of Finance & Operational Due Diligence, pine GrOVe asset

manaGement, llc•MichaelPaciullo,Global Head of Operational Due Diligence, internatiOnal

asset manaGement limited, llc•BradStehle,Senior Vice President, Operational Due Diligence, uniGestiOn us,

ltd.•MichaelGarvey,Managing Director, J.p. mOrGan alternatiVe asset mGt., inc•BriceWilson,Head of Operational Due Diligence, maGnitude capital, llc•SaulBenjamin,Partner, Operational Due Diligence, taGes capital •WilliamHedden,COO and Head of Operational Risk Management, summit rOck

adVisOrs•DavidWarsoff, Executive Director, Jp mOrGan alternatiVe asset

manaGement•ManeeshGandhi,Managing Director, eVanstOn capital

•AdamDonoghue,maples and calder•BenjaminCollette, Partner, EMEA AIFMD Leader, delOitte tax & cOnsultinG

s.à.r.l•GavinByrnes,Head of Business Development, lOndOn ubs fund serVices•PeterSanchez,CEO of Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services, nOrtHern trust •KeithCaplan,Executive Director, ernst & yOunG llp •DavidGold,Head of Operational Due Diligence, Americas, tOWers WatsOn

inVestment serVices, inc•ScottCarter,Co-Head of Markets Prime Finance, Americas & Global Head of Hedge

Fund Consulting, deutscHe bank •DawnMaxwell,Managing Director, ubs securities llc prime brOkeraGe

sales•JeffreyKollin,Principal, rOtHstein kass•WilliamJones,Founder and Senior Partner, manaGementplus GrOup•AndyMack,ex-Global Head Risk, mOrGan stanley inVestment

manaGement•PhilipR.Houston,CEO, QVerity, inc.•RennieKhan,Technical Partner, eisneramper cayman and pkf cayman •JoeFisher,U.S. Investment Management Audit Leader, delOitte •LeoLaForce,Chief Marketing Officer, HedGeserV•ChrisAddy,President & CEO, castle Hall alternatiVes

•KennethLench,Partner, kirkland & ellis llp •RobB.Kaplan,Partner, debeVOise & plimptOn llp•RobertE.Plaze,Partner, strOOck & strOOck & laVan llp•AmandaLesherOlear,Associate Director, Registration and Compliance, Division of

Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight, u.s. cOmmOdity futures tradinG cOmmissiOn

•CindyScotland,Managing Director, cayman islands mOnetary autHOrity

•MarkSchein,Chief Compliance Officer, yOrk capital manaGement lp•LouisLa Rocca,General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, GOtHam asset

manaGement, llc•KurtLocher,CFO & COO, Partner, One William street capital

manaGement •DarinSadow,Chief Compliance Officer, partner fund manaGement•DavidZemel,Chief Financial Officer, VenOr capital manaGement lp•BethFoley,Director of Operations, HiGHVista strateGies llc•AmitMalhotra,COO/CFO, sacHem Head capital manaGement lp•LauraRoche,COO/CFO, rOystOne capital manaGement lp•ScottPomfret,Regulatory Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, HiGHfields

capital manaGement lp•DanielLevinson,Partner, COO & CFO, atalaya capital manaGement lp



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8:00 breakfast roundtables

8:45 Welcome remarks 8:50 prime brokers: How pbs are responding

to the challenges Given the change in the composition of the Hedge fund industry

9:00 partneringONE® Meetings Open9:30 corporate Governance: massive thirst for

practical knowledge10:15 truth matters – decision making processes10:45 Networking Break

11:00 analysis of a fund audit* 11:45 looking ahead: What are the emerging

managers doing that the larger Ones can learn from?

12:30 Conference Concludes partneringONE® Meetings Close

1:00 Early Registration Opens

2:00-4:00 technology presentations

4:00-5:00 Consult, network, Q&A

Check website for latest update: www.GaimOpsCayman.com

Leading technology providers will present the latest and most sophisticated products to help: improve cyber security, monitor mobile devices, utilize the Cloud, increase web monitoring and stay up to date on latest security protection.

AGENDA-AT-A-GLANCE

2:00-5:00 tECHnoloGy EXpo prE-ConFErEnCE

SuNDAy,APRIL6th,2014•PRE-CONFERENCE

SuNDAy,APRIL6th,2014•PRE-CONFERENCE2:00-5:00 tecHnOlOGy expO pre-cOnference 2:00-5:00 institutiOnal inVestOr pre-cOnference

5:00-6:00 first timers' Welcome reception 7:00 5th annual charity night reception

MONDAy,APRIL7th,2014•MAINCONFERENCE7:30 Breakfast

8:00 Welcome remarks 8:15 1 fund, 3 pillars: balancing the three

components of Operations, compliance, investing

rEGUlAtion odd soFt sKills WorKsHop2:00 Global custody and depository liability:

the new landscape in the post-aifmd Worldspecifics on Valuations: specific Questions investors should be asking their manager and administrator

These complimentary soft skills sessions will run every 45 minutes concurrently with Track 1 and 2 sessions. All trainers are available to all delegates.

• Human capital assessment • lie spotting/ detection • negotiation training • media training

2:45 cftc & nfa panel: requirements clarified rehypothecation: more people need to pay attention to it …

3:30Ice Cream Social – Sponsored by

4:00 corporate Governance & directorship 2.0: finding the balance between What investors Want and What regulators Want

Odd reports presented and analyzed: 50,000 feet on down. different areas for different asset classes

4:45 aifmd: the crossroads between legal and business

adding industry Value Within Operational due diligence process

5:30 cocktails & conversations tables – Sponsored by partneringONE® Meetings Close

TuESDAy,APRIL8th,2014•MAINCONFERENCE7:30 breakfast roundtables: GrantThornton,

CitiHedgeFundServices,NorthernTrustHedgeFundServices

8:20 Welcome remarks 8:25 KEynotE Where institutional investors

are Going next with Hedge funds

8:30 partneringONE® Meetings Open8:50 Walk of regulation fame*9:45 two ccOs and a regulator: an

interrogation on How to Get compliance to the next level

10:30 Coffee and Networking Break

11:00 data convergence & regulatory reporting11:45 KEynotE 2020 – the Global economy

and the role of the Hedge fund manager12:15 audience Q&a special session1:00 Lunch: speaker moderated lunch tables

FUnd strUCtUrE tECHnoloGy & pE mini-WorKsHops

2:00 retailization of alt assets: 40 act, act ii “the plaintiffs’ bar is Having a field day with this”

the best in new technologies showcase

• service provider Oversight• the aima rundown• managed accounts: the Good, the bad and the ugly• aifmd• new, exclusive research – fund Governance redux: industry data,

Hot topics & recommended best practices• us Gaap ifrs accounting update• a brief History of finding fraud: Hindsight is 20/20 • us managers/ european investors & Odd• disaster recovery continuity plans• cross border registration, derivatives and dodd frank

2:45 a tale of three fofs: different approaches to adapting to a changing landscape

private equity and Odd: How far behind Hedge funds are pe funds and Why

3:30 beach party – Sponsored by partneringONE® Meetings Close

WEDNESDAy,APRIL9th,2014•MAINCONFERENCE

9:00 state of affairs debate: managers vs. investors*

10:00 town Hall: How 6 different firms Handle the same issues*

10:45 Networking Break – Sponsored by 11:00 partneringONE® Meetings Open

11:15 insider trading: navigating the Gray matter12:00 KEynotE Joseph p. nacchio

1:00 Lunch – Hosted by keynote lunch table

alumni ’13 lunch tables

If you represent a company interested in presenting at the Technology Expo, please contact: Alex Siegel [email protected] 646.895.7348

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2:00 pArt A Evaluating, managing and identifying outsourced staff and service providers

Betweenexpensesforoutsourcing,research,controlreports–whoshould pick up the tab and where is there negotiating room? Anthony L. Festa, COO, feG/manaGed sOlutiOns James Newman, Director, Wealth and Investment Management, barclays Christie D’Amour, Senior Director, Investment Administration, emOry inVestment manGement Jennifer Matheny, Risk Manager-ODD, General electric

pArt B the outsourced Cio Tradeoffs you should and shouldn’t make in your diligence & the value

of having another firm accountable for managing your risk. When to walk away from the table – deal killers and common showstoppers when conducting ODDWilliam Hedden, COO and Head of Operational Risk Management, summit rOck adVisOrsBeth Foley, Director of Operations, HiGHVista strateGies llc

3:00 operational Alpha: What is it? A new approach to partnering with funds in order to achieve operational

alpha. Vincent Vandenbroucke, Partner & Head of ODD, Hermes bpk partners llp

3:15 odd: different Approaches for different Asset Classes and different managers

WhatshouldIbeaskingwhen?HowdoIknowifmymanagerisreadyforFATCA or AIFMD? When funds are in distress, how do I get in or out? David Gold, Head of ODD, Americas, tOWers WatsOn inVestment serVices, inc. Adam Cohen, Head of ODD, Agility Unit, perella WeinberG partners Simon Fludgate, Principal ODD, aksia John Ward, Head of ODD, eim manaGement (usa) inc.

4:00 investor rights: looking for more security, Value Add and negotiating with managers on Changing structure

Cost intensive features that managers offer due to investor demand – do these costs eventually get passed back to the investor? Michael Levin, Associate Director, ODD, paamcO Brice Wilson, Head of ODD, maGnitude capital, llc Roisin Cater, Principal, carne GlObal financial serVices (cayman) limited Saul Benjamin, Partner, ODD, taGes capital Justine Lee, Senior Investment Consultant, Global Head of ODD, tOWers WatsOn

4:45 Q&A with speakers

CHAIRMAN: David Cormier, Director of Investment Operations, daVid & lucile packard fOundatiOn

CHAIRWOMAN: Christie D’Amour, Senior Director, Investment Administration, emOry inVestment manGement

2:00-5:00 institUtionAl inVEstor prE-ConFErEnCE

MONDAy,APRIL7th,2014•MAINCONFERENCE7:30 Breakfast

8:00 Welcome remarks

Chairman:

8:15 1 Fund, 3 pillars: Balancing the three Components of operations, Compliance, investing

HowoneCIOchangedtheculturebyprioritizingcomplianceandoperations, maintaining strong internal communications, team culture and motivation. Moderator: delOitte Fund to be announced: www.GaimOpscayman.com

9:00 state of Affairs debate: managers vs. investors

The hottest, most talked about, contentious, confusing, complicated, topics for 2014: transparency, fees, liquidity, FATCA, AIFMD, FOF model, JOBSAct,consultants’obligations,futureofCayman,privateplacementindustry, disclosing remuneration arrangements, reverse solicitation, equity research costs, transfer of costs between the manager and investor, the convergence of private equity and hedge funds. Moderator: Ingrid Pierce, Global Managing Partner, Walkers Michael Garvey, Managing Director, J.p. mOrGan alternatiVe asset mGt., inc Scott Soussa, Senior Managing Director, blackstOne Jennifer Matheny, Risk Manager, Operational Due Diligence, General electric

10:00 town Hall: How 6 different Firms Handle the same issues

From compliance to operations. Models, approaches, war stories and frameworks. The cost of regulation and compliance to the firms and the increased use of outsourced services. Moderator: Mike Sleightholme, Global Head of Hedge Fund Services, citi Bruce Berger, COO & CFO, atlantic inVestment manaGement inc Felipe Lemos, Director of Operations & CCO, kaWa capital manaGement John Aloisio, COO / CCO, bretOn Hill capital ltd. Scott Pomfret, Regulatory Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, HiGHfields capital manaGement lp Daniel Levinson, Partner COO & CFO, atalaya capital manaGement lp Brad Stehle, Senior Vice President, Operational Due Diligence, uniGestiOn us, ltd.

10:45 Networking Break – Sponsored by

11:00 partneringONE® Meetings Open

SuNDAy,APRIL6th,2014•PRE-CONFERENCE

11:15 insider trading: navigating the Gray matter A conversation with the regulators and getting to bottom of the blurred

lines. What should you do once you are on a regulator’s radar?Moderator: Suzanne McDermott, CCO, HalcyOn asset manaGement llc Sarah Coyne, Chief of the Business and Securities Fraud Section ("BSF"), united states attOrney's Office fOr tHe eastern district Of neW yOrk David Chaves, FBI Supervisory Special Agent/Securities and Commodities Fraud Program Manager, fbi

12:00 KEynotE Joseph P. Nacchio, Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, QWest cOmmunicatiOns internatiOnal; Former Chairman, natiOnal security telecOm adVisOry cOmmittee

This is not a story about redemption. This is a story about one man’s takeonthecurrentlegal,politicalandregulatoryenvironment.Justhowdependent is the theory of efficient markets on insider trading? “Very”…according to the former CEO of one of the largest telecom companies who recently completed his prison term for insider trading.Introduction: Michael Patanella, Partner, US Asset Management Sector Leader, Grant tHOrntOn llp Interviewer: H. David Kotz, Director, Financial Institutions Practice, berkeley researcH GrOup, llc

1:00 Lunch – Hotsed by

Keynote lunch table Joseph P. Nacchio, Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, QWest cOmmunicatiOns internatiOnal

Alumni ’13 lunch table topics How to misuse the Expert network – Laurence Herman, General

Counsel & Managing Director, GersOn leHrman GrOup JoBs Act – General solicitation & How to monitor – Stuart Kaswell,

EVP & Managing Director General Counsel Association, manaGed funds assOciatiOn

Various solutions for nAV & shadow processes – Nadya Frukter, Chief Financial Officer, HudsOn bay capital manaGement

the most important Elements of AiFmd – Jirí Król, Deputy CEO, Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs, aima

Equity research Costs – What’s transferred and demanding transparency – James Newman, Director, Wealth and Investment Management, barclays

Anatomy of the trade: different practices Within the lifecycle of a trade: reconciliation and settlement – David Gold, Head of Operational Due Diligence, americas, tOWers WatsOn inVestment serVices, inc.

odd lessons and War stories – Chris Addy, President & CEO, castle Hall alternatiVes

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2:00 Global Custody and depository liability: the new landscape in the post-AiFmd WorldProcess for confirmation: administrator, manager, counterparties. The custodian perspective: What are they looking for? Would they refuse a manager? Jirí Król, Deputy CEO, Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs, aima Bill Prew, CEO, indOs financial limited David Morrison, Head of Fiduciary Services EMEA, citi securities & fund serVices

specifics on Valuations: Questions investors should Be Asking their manager and AdministratorLegacy pricing vs outsourcing the full valuation to the agent. Different methodologies to value distressed debt. What changes a security from a level 3a to 3b? What to focus on when discussing volatility or variance WOPS and structured credit.Moderator: Mike Maroof, Managing Principal, Chief Financial Officer, mOnarcH alternatiVe capital lp Tom Kaylor, U.S. National Portfolio Valuation Services Co-leader, delOitte Don Muller, Head of Middle Office Services, nOrtHern trust HedGe fund serVices (ntHfs) Mike Rucci, Head of Fund Services Americas,ubs Marianthe Mewkill, Chief Financial Officer, mit inVestment manaGement cOmpany

These complimentary soft skills sessions will run every 45 minutes concurrently with Track 1 and 2 sessions. All trainers are available to all delegates.

Human Capital Assessment Michael S. Haugen and Stephen B. Kincaid, Ph.D., GHsmart & cOmpany

World experts in the area of human capital optimization (and publishers of “Who”, the best-selling book on the subject)ghSMARTisthetrustedadvisortoCEO’s,Boards,PrivateEquityfirms,HedgeFundsandotherinvestorsandbusiness owners, helping them ensure they have the correct “who” doing the right “what” in their firms and investments. •HowtoquantifyAPlayerperformance• Interviewingtechniquesyoucanapply

immediately •Tipsforeffectivelyconductingtalent

due-diligence •Howtoseeifteamsarerunningatfull“PWR”

lie detection Michael Floyd, Founding Partner and Philip R. Houston, CEO, QVerity, inc.

The QVerity team is comprised of world-class experts in the fields of Information Collection; Detection of Deception; and screening. •Keytechniquesonhowtobetter

detect deception and not be fooled by human behavior designed to mislead them.

negotiation training Donny Ebenstein, CEO, ebenstein cOnsultinG inc

An expert in the field with two decades ofexperienceandauthorof"IHearyou:RepairCommunicationBreakdowns,NegotiateSuccessfullyandBuildConsensus...in Three Simple Steps", will lead:•Howtonegotiatewhenyoulack

leverage •Howtoraiseadifficulttopic•Howtonegotiateassertivelywithout

damaging the relationship The sessions will be highly interactive, and include role playing of real-life negotiations.

media training Jim Paymar, Communications Coach, clarity media GrOup

Former Anchor and Financial Correspondent,CNBC,BusinessWeek&ABCRadioNetworkteaches:•Howtodevelopsolidmessaging•Howtostayincontroloftheinterview•Howtobridgetothestoryyouwant

told•Howtobememorableandquotable

2:45 CFtC & nFA panel: requirements Clarified ReportingtotheNFAinconjunctionwiththenewexemptions.Harmonization–“substitutecompliance”and guidance to help bridge the gap. CFTC and derivatives: Who is going to have to register? Moderator: Stuart Kaswell ,EVP & Managing Director General Counsel, manaGed funds assOciatiOn Regina Thoele, Sr Vice President, Compliance, natiOnal futures assOciatiOn Amanda Lesher Olear, Associate Director, Registration and Compliance, Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight, u.s. cOmmOdity futures tradinG cOmmissiOn

rehypothecation: more people need to pay Attention to it…and What investors should be Concerned withHowtomonitorsecuritiesbeinglentout?Generatingalpha on sec lending and how to deal with rehyopothecation? Monitoring pair trades executed at differentPB's,issueofmultipleprimeandidentifyingred flags in counterpart agreements. Moderator: Eric Lazear, Head of Operational Risk, fQs capital partners, lp Brian Kessler, Chief Financial Officer/Chief Compliance Officer, tOurbillOn capital partners lp Michael Klarman, CFO, HiGHline capital manaGement, llc

3:30 Ice Cream Social

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4:00 Corporate Governance & directorship 2.0: Finding the Balance Between What investors Want and What regulators Want Keytakeawaysfromthedifferentconsultationpapers.Howtheequationischangingfromthousandsoffundsand hundreds of directors to hundreds of funds and thousands of directors. Demo of different models: funds that have offered split boards, added other board members. Perception that directors are never held accountable – is that still the case? Master funds: protecting onshore investors. Moderator: Michael Pereira, Publisher, tHe HedGe fund laW repOrt Jonathan Morgan, Founding Principal, sOund fund adVisOrs Cindy Scotland, Managing Director, cayman islands mOnetary autHOrity Dr Daniel Summerfield, Co-Head of Responsible Investment, uss inVestment manaGement ltd

odd reports presented and Analyzed: 50,000 Feet on down. different Areas for different Asset ClassesWho, how, what on audit reviews – source of understanding manager behavior. Does ODD pay enoughattentiontotrading?riskmgmt.?Grayareasbetween front office DD and ODD. Moderator: David Cormier, Director of Investment Operations, daVid & lucile packard fOundatiOn Brice Wilson, Head of Operational Due Diligence, maGnitude capital, llc Lance B. Fraser, Managing Director & Head of Operational Due Diligence, merrill lyncH WealtH manaGement

4:45 AiFmd: the Crossroads Between legal and BusinessReal-worldchallengesandopportunitiesaddressedina pragmatic discussion about how the largest sweeping reform in the industry in recent years is going to affect mangers and investors.Moderator: Edward T. Dartley, Attorney at Law, pepper HamiltOn llp Benjamin Collette, Partner, EMEA AIFMD Leader, delOitte tax & cOnsultinG s.à.r.l Gavin Byrnes, Head of Business Development, London, ubs fund serVicesAdam Donoghue, maples and calder

Adding industry Value Within operational due diligence processWhether it’s a segregated account model or a pooled vehicle model, investors have more power to persuade than ever before. The changing dynamic of investor influence and the new investor pressured world for managers.Kurt Locher, CFO & COO, Partner, One William street capital manaGement Gregory M. Dowling, Managing Principal/Director of Hedged Strategies, fund eValuatiOn GrOup Josh Hall, Partner, Head of Operational Due Diligence Americas, Hermes bpk partners Peter Sanchez, CEO of Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services, nOrtHern trust

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7:30 Breakfast roundtablesGrant tHOrntOn, citi HedGe fund serVices, nOrtHern trust HedGe fund serVices

8:20 Welcome remarksChairman:

8:25 KEynotE Where institutional investors are Going next with Hedge Funds

Howthegoalsofinstitutionalinvestorsareshiftingandhowtheyareusinghedge funds – in a variety of packages – to meet their goals.Introduction by: WalkersGreg Robbins, COO/Senior Managing Director, mesirOW adVanced strateGies, inc.


8:50 Walk of regulation Fame Retiredregulatorsdebatetoday’scurrentandpendingregulationsand

how they would handle, advise clients.Reed Brodsky, Partner, GibsOn dunn Kenneth Lench, Partner, kirkland & ellis llp Robert B. Kaplan, Partner, debeVOise & plimptOn llp Robert E. Plaze, Partner, strOOck & strOOck & laVan llp

9:45 two CCos and a regulator: An interrogation on How to Get Compliance to the next level

Is compliance still an after-thought? Should the compliance officer be part of the decision making committee?Moderator: David Chaves, FBI Supervisory Special Agent/Securities and Commodities Fraud Program Manager, fbi Andrew Kandel, Managing Director & Chief Compliance, cerberus capital manaGement lp Mark Schein, Chief Compliance Officer, Hedge Fund, yOrk capital manaGement lp

10:30 Networking Break

11:00 data Convergence & regulatory reporting: re-thinking regulatory reporting solutions

Transparency on AIFMD, Form PF, FATCA, Opera and the effect on the investment side.Moderator: Leo LaForce, Chief Marketing Officer, HedGeserV Keith Caplan, Executive Director, ernst & yOunG llp Darin Sadow, Chief Compliance Officer, partner fund manaGement David Zemel, Chief Financial Officer, VenOr capital manaGement lp Jeffrey Kollin, Principal, rOtHstein kass

11:45 KEynotE 2020 – the Global Economy and the role of the Hedge Fund managerJohn Fraser, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, ubs GlObal asset manaGement

12:15 Audience Q&A special session

1:00 Lunch

speaker moderated lunch tables ‘40 act “liquid alternatives”: solving compliance and Operational

issues – Craig Krawiec, COO, arden asset manaGement llc Operational challenges of launching a registered fund of fund –

Kshitij Shah, Head of Finance & Operational Due Diligence, pine GrOVe asset manaGement, llc

5 key legal and Operational issues managers should consider When drafting seeding agreements – Michael Pereira, Publisher, tHe HedGe fund laW repOrt

fOf vs consultants: as the two become more like One another, What does this mean for the investors and managers? – Michael Paciullo, Global Head of Operational Due Diligence, internatiOnal asset manaGement limited, llc

interface between managers, investor and director: should directors speak directly to investors and Other interparty Questions – Roisin Cater, Principal, carne GlObal financial serVices (cayman) limited

latest challenges for institutional investors Odd – Christie D'Amour, Senior Director, Investment Administration, emOry inVestment manGement

direct trading funds. now that they are sec registered, How do you Handle an Org with multiple registrations – Regina Thoele, Sr. Vice President, Compliance, natiOnal futures assOciatiOn

managed accounts vs. single investor funds – pros and cons? – Reena Jashnani-Slusarz, Associate General Counsel and Compliance Officer, mesirOW

the european and us approaches to Hedge fund Governance: What can We learn from each Other? – Dr Daniel Summerfield, Co-Head of Responsible Investment, uss inVestment manaGement ltd

FUnd strUCtUrE tECHnoloGy & pE mini-WorKsHops 2:00 retailization of Alt Assets: 40 Act, Act ii “the

plaintiffs’ Bar is Having a Field day with this”Down the road: are you opening yourself class action liability? What are the conflicts of interests with respect to managers’ multiple overlapping funds. Do 40 Act funds negate the reason for having an unregulated offshore fund? Howwillmanagersmeetexpectedtransparencydemandswith thousands of investors? What is the operational risk with regards to the smaller and medium size managers entering the space? Moderator: James Newman, Director, WealtH and inVestment manaGement, barclays Thomas Kennedy, Chief Compliance Officer, arden asset manaGement llc Louis LaRocca, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, GOtHam asset manaGement llc

the Best in new technologies showcase5 technologies. 5 minute presentation. 20 minute audience discussion.Solutions for: Email archiving services, data warehousing, cloud security, systems for form PF, platforms or software for code of ethics side getting the data to the investors.

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• A Brief History of Finding Fraud: Hindsight is 20/20

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2:45 A tale of three FoFs: different Approaches to Adapting to a Changing landscape Managed accounts, comingled, custom approach. The quest for transparency, governance and liquidity. Moderator: John Ward, Head of Operational Due Diligence, seim manaGement usa inc Kshitij Shah, Head of Finance & Operational Due Diligence, pine GrOVe asset manaGement, llc Helen Wong, Managing Director, entrust capital manaGement Saul Benjamin Partner, Operational Due Diligence, taGes capital

private Equity and odd: How Far Behind Hedge Funds are pE Funds and WhyIf hedge funds and private equity continue to converge, what is the impact on traditional PE models. Ryan J. Boucher, Managing Director, Alternative Investments & Manager Selection, GOldman sacHs Sam Shah, Head of Operational Risk Due Diligence, cdk inVestment manaGement


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1 service provider oversightPeriodic due diligence, what does it look like? Howfrequent?Whatquestionstoask?Howdotheparties cooperate to get each side what they need? Bestpracticesinworkingtogether.AreadminscannibalizingPB’sservices?Dailyreconciliation.Scott Pomfret, Regulatory Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, HiGHfields capital manaGement lp

2 the AimA rundownPrivateplacementrulesinkeyEujurisdictions.Reportingofsystemicdatatocompetentauthorities.Remuneration.InvestordisclosureJirí Król, Deputy CEO, Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs, aima

3 managed Accounts: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The right questions to ask when evaluating a managed account investmentJosh Schwab, Separate Fund Platform, pacific alternatiVe asset manaGement cOmpany

4 AiFmdWhat does it mean for raising money in places such asGermanyandFinland?Howyourpracticeneedsto change and what this means for your business. Future of prime brokerage in Europe?Reena Jashnani-Slusarz, Associate General Counsel and Compliance Officer, mesirOW

5 new, Exclusive research – Fund Governance redux industry

Data,HotTopics&RecommendedBestPracticesJonathan Morgan, Founding Principal, sOund fund adVisOrs

6 Us GAAp iFrs Accounting Update Critical changes to disclosures and how they will impact …Joe Fisher, U.S. Investment Management Audit Leader, delOitte

7 A Brief History of Finding Fraud: Hindsight is 20/20

Everyone thinks the auditors are responsible, yet many attest “our processes are not designed to detect fraud”. Whose responsibility is it? Learning from mistakes of the past – what to look for and how to think like a detective. Simon Fludgate, Principal Operational Due Diligence, aksia

8 Us managers/ European investors & odd

Justine Lee, Senior Investment Consultant, Global Head of Operational Due Diligence, tOWers WatsOn

9 disaster recovery Continuity plansGrowingfocusforoperationsandcompliance:registered advisors will expect managers to have this in place and it is fair game for examiners to ask about it. David Warsoff, Executive Director, Jp mOrGan alternatiVe asset manaGement

10 Cross Border registration, derivatives and dodd Frank

AddressingdiscrepanciesbetweenEuRegandCFTC derivatives. Dodd Frank: what’s next – what do I need to gear up for. Moves from bilateral derivatives transaction to a central clearing house. ShiftingjurisdictionfromCayman.

2:00-3:30 mini-WorKsHops

The sessions below will run concurrently with Track 1 and 2. Each workshop is 45 minutes and will be repeated at 2:45 pm.

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8:00 Breakfast Roundtables

8:45 Welcome remarksChairman:

8:50 prime Brokers: How pBs are responding to the Challenges Given the Change in the Composition of the HF industry and regulatory requirements

BasellIII'simpactonPBsandtheirclients.HowPBsapproachrelationships: What do they look at with regards to offering terms? What impactsthewaytheytodobusinesswithamanager?DoPBssetbusinesstargets for investment managers?Scott Carter, Co-Head of Markets Prime Finance, Americas & Global Head of Hedge Fund Consulting, deutscHe bank Dawn Maxwell, Managing Director, ubs prime brOkeraGe


9:30 Corporate Governance: massive thirst for practical Knowledge

Operationally beneficial examples on everything from regulatory preparation and monitoring to operational and audit issues to director liabilitymanagementandinsurance.Howcandirectorsprovideavaluepropositiontomanagersandinvestorsalike?Howdoesrecentregulationimpact the role of the director?Moderator: William Jones, Founder and Senior Partner, manaGementplus GrOup Andy Mack, ex-Global Head of Risk, mOrGan stanley inVestment manaGement, and ex-Head, emea Vincent Vandenbroucke, Partner & Head of Operational Due Diligence, Hermes bpk partners llp

10:15 truth matters – decision making processes Gainuniqueinsightsintoallformsofcorporateandmanagement

commentary. Identify what management is not telling us in their corporate communications. Armed with information and perspectives not attainable through traditional means, investors are then able to increase their conviction and make more informed, more timely decisions related to their investments.Michael Floyd, Founding Partner, QVerity, inc. Philip R. Houston, CEO, QVerity, inc.

10:45 Networking Break

11:00 Analysis of a Fund Audit What things should you look for to dissect audited financial statements?

ODD Audit partner – as an auditor how would they review? What would they look for?Rennie Khan, Technical Partner, eisneramper cayman and pkf cayman Nadya Frukter, Chief Financial Officer, HudsOn bay capital manaGement

11:45 looking Ahead: What are the Emerging managers doing that the larger one Can learn From?

Smaller guys are struggling because barriers to entry are so high but those who are doing it are setting the example for the big ones. Taking a look at the future leaders of the industry. Co- Moderator: Michael Levin, Associate Director, Operational Due Diligence, paamcO Co-Moderator: Maneesh Gandhi, Managing Director, eVanstOn capital Amit Malhotra, COO/CFO, sacHem Head capital manaGement lp Laura Roche, Chief Operating Officer/ Chief Financial Officer, rOystOne capital manaGement lp

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Hedge Funds Care Cayman was founded in 2005 as the second international affiliateofHFC.Sincethattime,ahardworkingCommitteeofHeartshasdistributed over USD$1.6 million in 40 grants to agencies and organizations in Cayman that work to prevent and treat child abuse and neglect.

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spOnsOrsbdO usa, llp, the world’s fifth largest accounting and consulting network, assists investors in identifying risk and disclosure issues by providing hedge funds and other

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performanceobjectivesacrossassetclasses,strategiesandgeographies. With over $500 billion in alternative assets under administration and an on-the-ground presence in over 95 countries, Citi is a leading investment services provider for hedge funds and private equity sponsors worldwide, delivering middle office, fund administration, custody, and investing and financing solutions that are focused on alternative managers’ specific challenges and customized to their individual needs.

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managementplus Group provides the highest standards of fund governance to traditional and alternative fund

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